Bay Harbour: August 10, 2016
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PAGE 8 BAY HARBOUR<br />
Wednesday <strong>August</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
News<br />
Community cleans<br />
up esplanade<br />
Sumner<br />
Community<br />
Residents’<br />
Association<br />
member<br />
Michelle<br />
Quin helped<br />
organise the<br />
community esplanade clean<br />
up. She writes this week’s<br />
soap box on keeping the<br />
sea-side suburb tidy<br />
On a stunning wintery Sunday<br />
morning more than 40 people<br />
turned out to take part in the<br />
first of a series of city councilsupported<br />
working bees. The<br />
working bees, organised by the<br />
Sumner Community Residents’<br />
Association, aimed to tidy up and<br />
maintain the gardens along the<br />
Esplanade Reserve and walkway.<br />
Under the guidance of experts<br />
from the city council, the local<br />
park rangers led the gardening<br />
and tree pruning effort.<br />
Residents were out in force,<br />
as well as community board<br />
member Sara Templeton,<br />
councillor Paul Londsdale and<br />
National MP Nuk Korako.<br />
Gym members from F45, which<br />
recently opened in Ferrymead,<br />
also chipped in to lend three sets<br />
of helping hands.<br />
With two hours available, the<br />
focus of the working bee was<br />
on the Hardwicke St area of the<br />
esplanade.<br />
The collective passion and<br />
community spirit saw results that<br />
were immediate and positive.<br />
Crews cleared pathways, pruned<br />
trees, removed deadwood to allow<br />
light and space in overgrown<br />
areas as well as improve the<br />
health of plants.<br />
There is a master plan for<br />
the gardens in the area and the<br />
Sumner Community Residents’<br />
Association is delighted to be<br />
working closely with the council<br />
to ensure ongoing maintenance<br />
of these special gardens for the<br />
benefit of all.<br />
With each successive working<br />
bee, a different area of the<br />
esplanade will be given attention<br />
so that the entire stretch is a<br />
wonderful environment for<br />
residents and visitors.<br />
Thank you to all involved.<br />
The next working bee will be in<br />
September, with the date to be<br />
confirmed.<br />
A working bee at the Esplanade last weekend got the community out on the streets tidying up the<br />
sea-side area. The clean up effort aimed to beautify the waterfront and prune overgrown plants<br />
in the area. Residents, city councillors and community board members teamed up to make for a<br />
succesful day.<br />
MUCKING IN: Volunteers brought out their shovels<br />
to tidy up the esplanade on Sunday morning.<br />
COMMUNITY EFFORT: Community representatives<br />
also gave a helping hand.<br />
SHARING THE LOAD: Residents aimed to<br />
beautify the main drag.<br />
KEEP IT GREEN: Nearly 50 people turned<br />
up to the clean up.<br />
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